Al-Waqi'ah

idhā waqaʿati l-wāqiʿatu

When that which is coming arrives,

laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibatun

no one will be able to deny it has come,

khāfiḍatun rāfiʿatun

bringing low and raising high.

idhā rujjati l-arḍu rajjan

When the earth is shaken violently

wabussati l-jibālu bassan

and the mountains are ground to powder

fakānat habāan munbathan

and turn to scattered dust,

wakuntum azwājan thalāthatan

then you will be sorted into three classes.

fa-aṣḥābu l-maymanati mā aṣḥābu l-maymanati

Those on the Right––what people they are!

wa-aṣḥābu l-mashamati mā aṣḥābu l-mashamati

Those on the Left––what people they are!

wal-sābiqūna l-sābiqūna

And those in front––ahead indeed!

ulāika l-muqarabūna

For these will be the ones brought nearest to God

fī jannāti l-naʿīmi

in Gardens of Bliss:

thullatun mina l-awalīna

many from the past

waqalīlun mina l-ākhirīna

and a few from later generations.

ʿalā sururin mawḍūnatin

On couches of well-woven cloth

muttakiīna ʿalayhā mutaqābilīna

they will sit facing each other;

yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūna

everlasting youths will go round among them

bi-akwābin wa-abārīqa wakasin min maʿīnin

with glasses, flagons, and cups of a pure drink

lā yuṣaddaʿūna ʿanhā walā yunzifūna

that causes no headache or intoxication;

wafākihatin mimmā yatakhayyarūna

[there will be] any fruit they choose;

walaḥmi ṭayrin mimmā yashtahūna

the meat of any bird they like;

waḥūrun ʿīnun

and beautiful companions

ka-amthāli l-lu'lu-i l-maknūni

like hidden pearls:

jazāan bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

a reward for what they used to do.

lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā tathīman

They will hear no idle or sinful talk there,

illā qīlan salāman salāman

only clean and wholesome speech.

wa-aṣḥābu l-yamīni mā aṣḥābu l-yamīni

Those on the Right, what people they are!

fī sid'rin makhḍūdin

They will dwell amid thornless lote trees

waṭalḥin manḍūdin

and clustered acacia

waẓillin mamdūdin

with spreading shade,

wamāin maskūbin

constantly flowing water,

wafākihatin kathīratin

abundant fruits,

lā maqṭūʿatin walā mamnūʿatin

unfailing, unforbidden,

wafurushin marfūʿatin

with incomparable companions

innā anshanāhunna inshāan

We have specially created––

fajaʿalnāhunna abkāran

virginal,

ʿuruban atrāban

loving, of matching age––

li-aṣḥābi l-yamīni

for those on the Right,

thullatun mina l-awalīna

many from the past

wathullatun mina l-ākhirīna

and many from later generations.

wa-aṣḥābu l-shimāli mā aṣḥābu l-shimāli

But those on the Left, what people they are!

fī samūmin waḥamīmin

They will dwell amid scorching wind and scalding water

waẓillin min yaḥmūmin

in the shadow of black smoke,

lā bāridin walā karīmin

neither cool nor refreshing.

innahum kānū qabla dhālika mut'rafīna

Before, they overindulged in luxury

wakānū yuṣirrūna ʿalā l-ḥinthi l-ʿaẓīmi

and persisted in great sin,

wakānū yaqūlūna a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna

always saying, ‘What? When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised up?

awaābāunā l-awalūna

And our earliest forefathers too?’

qul inna l-awalīna wal-ākhirīna

Say [Prophet], ‘The earliest and latest generations

lamajmūʿūna ilā mīqāti yawmin maʿlūmin

will all be gathered on a predetermined Day

thumma innakum ayyuhā l-ḍālūna l-mukadhibūna

and you who have gone astray and denied the truth

laākilūna min shajarin min zaqqūmin

will eat from the bitter tree of Zaqqum,

famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūna

filling your bellies with it,

fashāribūna ʿalayhi mina l-ḥamīmi

and drink scalding water,

fashāribūna shur'ba l-hīmi

lapping it like thirsty camels.’

hādhā nuzuluhum yawma l-dīni

This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgement.

naḥnu khalaqnākum falawlā tuṣaddiqūna

It was We who created you: will you not believe?

afara-aytum mā tum'nūna

Consider [the semen] you eject-

a-antum takhluqūnahu am naḥnu l-khāliqūna

do you create it yourselves or are We the Creator?

naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumu l-mawta wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīna

We ordained death to be among you. Nothing could stop Us

ʿalā an nubaddila amthālakum wanunshi-akum fī mā lā taʿlamūna

if We intended to change you and recreate you in a way unknown to you.

walaqad ʿalim'tumu l-nashata l-ūlā falawlā tadhakkarūna

You have learned how you were first created: will you not reflect?

afara-aytum mā taḥruthūna

Consider the seeds you sow in the ground-

a-antum tazraʿūnahu am naḥnu l-zāriʿūna

is it you who make them grow or We?

law nashāu lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman faẓaltum tafakkahūna

If We wished, We could turn your harvest into chaff and leave you to wail,

innā lamugh'ramūna

‘We are burdened with debt;

bal naḥnu maḥrūmūna

we are bereft.’

afara-aytumu l-māa alladhī tashrabūna

Consider the water you drink-

a-antum anzaltumūhu mina l-muz'ni am naḥnu l-munzilūna

was it you who brought it down from the rain-cloud or We?

law nashāu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūna

If We wanted, We could make it bitter: will you not be thankful?

afara-aytumu l-nāra allatī tūrūna

Consider the fire you kindle-

a-antum anshatum shajaratahā am naḥnu l-munshiūna

is it you who make the wood for it grow or We?

naḥnu jaʿalnāhā tadhkiratan wamatāʿan lil'muq'wīna

We made it a reminder, and useful to those who kindle it,

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi

so [Prophet] glorify the name of your Lord, the Supreme.

falā uq'simu bimawāqiʿi l-nujūmi

I swear by the positions of the stars-

wa-innahu laqasamun law taʿlamūna ʿaẓīmun

a mighty oath, if you only knew-

innahu laqur'ānun karīmun

that this is truly a noble Quran,

fī kitābin maknūnin

in a protected Record

lā yamassuhu illā l-muṭaharūna

that only the purified can touch,

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīna

sent down from the Lord of all being.

afabihādhā l-ḥadīthi antum mud'hinūna

How can you scorn this statement?

watajʿalūna riz'qakum annakum tukadhibūna

And how, in return for the livelihood you are given, can you deny it?

falawlā idhā balaghati l-ḥul'qūma

When the soul of a dying man comes up to his throat

wa-antum ḥīna-idhin tanẓurūna

while you gaze on-

wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walākin lā tub'ṣirūna

We are nearer to him than you, though you do not see Us-

falawlā in kuntum ghayra madīnīna

why, if you are not to be judged,

tarjiʿūnahā in kuntum ṣādiqīna

do you not restore his soul to him, if what you say is true?

fa-ammā in kāna mina l-muqarabīna

If that dying person is one of those who will be brought near to God,

farawḥun warayḥānun wajannatu naʿīmin

he will have rest, ease, and a Garden of Bliss;

wa-ammā in kāna min aṣḥābi l-yamīni

if he is one of those on the Right,

fasalāmun laka min aṣḥābi l-yamīni

[he will hear], ‘Peace be on you,’ from his companions on the Right;

wa-ammā in kāna mina l-mukadhibīna l-ḍālīna

but if he is one of those who denied the truth and went astray,

fanuzulun min ḥamīmin

he will be welcomed with scalding water.

wataṣliyatu jaḥīmin

He will burn in Hell.

inna hādhā lahuwa ḥaqqu l-yaqīni

This is the certain truth:

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi

[Prophet], glorify the name of your Lord the Supreme.